WACO, TEX.– Wisconsin-Whitewater returned to action this weekend, defeating NAIA powerhouse Morningside (Iowa), 35-21. The Warhawks scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and never looked back, staying comfortably ahead throughout the entire game – despite the Mustangs outgaining them by 112 yards. The rest of the top five held steady, with No. 4 St. Thomas (Minn.) taking care of business on the road against then-No. 8 St. John’s (Minn.), No. 1 Mount Union (Ohio) soundly beating Baldwin Wallace (Ohio), No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor on a bye week and No. 5 Wisconsin-Oshkosh defeating Mothland (Ill.), 77-0. Stevenson (Md.) is celebrating its first ever appearance on the AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll after it’s strong 4-0 start, landing in the No. 22 position. Whitewater takes to the road this weekend, offering the only Top 25 matchup, to take on in-state rival, No. 9 Wisconsin-Platteville.
2016 American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll — Sept. 26, 2016
TEAM |
PTS. | PREV |
| 1. Mount Union (39) (3-0) | 1047 | 1 |
| 2. UW-Whitewater (1) (3-0) | 994 | 2 |
| 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor (2) (3-0) | 964 | 3 |
| 4. St. Thomas (4-0) | 936 | 4 |
| 5. UW-Oshkosh (3-0) | 871 | 5 |
| 6. Wheaton (4-0) | 800 | 6 |
| 7. North Central (4-0) | 768 | 7 |
| 8. Johns Hopkins (4-0) | 728 | 9 |
| 9. UW-Platteville (3-0) | 724 | 11 |
| 10. Hardin-Simmons (3-0) | 644 | 12 |
| 11t. Linfield (1-1) | 516 | 14 |
| 11t. Salisbury (3-0) | 516 | 15 |
| 13. St. John Fisher (4-0) | 472 | 16 |
| 14. St. John’s (3-1) | 467 | 8 |
| 15t. Huntingdon (3-0) | 393 | 17 |
| 15t. Hobart (4-0) | 393 | 18 |
| 17. Wittenberg (3-0) | 356 | 20 |
| 18. East Texas Baptist (3-0) | 256 | 22 |
| 19. Thomas More (3-1) | 238 | 19 |
| 20. Dubuque (4-0) | 232 | 21 |
| 21. Franklin (3-1) | 169 | 23 |
| 22. Stevenson (4-0) | 166 | NR |
| 23. Wabash (2-1) | 164 | 10 |
| 24. St. Lawrence (4-0) | 156 | 25 |
| 25. Christopher Newport (4-0) | 111 | NR |
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